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April 1, 2009 | Commentary
Serving as an introduction to a special issue of Health Promotion Practice featuring reports on community interventions, this article by James S. Marks, M.D., M.P.H., senior vice president and director of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Health Group, serves as a public health call-to-action.
November 1, 2012 | Commentary/Video
RWJF President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, delivers the keynote speech to the Minnesota Healthy Communities Conference.
April 1, 2011 | Commentary
Summer Enrichment Program in Health Management and Policy (SEP)'s 25th Anniversary Celebration.
September 23, 2010 | Commentary
related websites For an overview of RWJF scholar and fellow opportunities, visit www.RWJFLeaders.org Visit the REACH NOLA Web site Visit the RWJF Clinical Scholars Web site Substance abuse. Child abuse. Intimate partner violence. These are but some ...
February 17, 2010 | Commentary
Public health, business, education and community leaders convene in Washington, D.C., to examine what communities can do to keep residents healthier.
June 28, 2012 | Commentary/Story
Foundation President and CEO Risa Lavizzo-Mourey comments on the landmark decision.
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
The Centers for Disease Control is committed to collaborating with the Active Living Research program and other programs related to improving activity levels on a population scale. Although promising areas for change are coming into focus, significant improvements in how much physical activity Americans engage in have yet to be made.
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
This commentary highlights the need for a shift in health promotion research, from identifying priorities to implementing them. Pekka Puska, M.D., Ph.D., argues that health researchers must drive social change by implementing theory-based policies to diffuse health innovations.
February 1, 2009 | Commentary
In 1999, when the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation decided to invest heavily in prevention and population health, the seeds of the Active Living Research (ALR) program were sowed. The ALR has served as a model of public health research, through engagement on multiple policy and research levels, and in its commitment to producing research findings that will shape policies.
June 1, 2011 | Commentary
Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes), a disruptive model of health education and delivery, makes the medical resources of academic medical centers available to treat and improve outcomes for rural HCV patients.